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.W. 5. SMITH SCALE 5 FeB. 12, 1929. 1,701,642

Original Filed June 8, 19 27 Wlfef mlmngioficopmugbomor. f-

Wmwwm 1 1mm ween e This inventionjelates to -im r v m nts in scales, and has artieul'arf i'efetenc'eto seales eff the, type utillzihg an i even balimced'beam and wherein the beam 'is fmevahlyi mount ed adjacent tolits center ofeg'rav ltylirol derthat the afi'fplied' weight onldne lid'lofsai d beam WhichR t-hebeamis moveblycairie the pro- Vision offm'eans pro tect ing they toli sib [131' "-sti'uc tingfone;end ofithekieamtdconstitiit all ascale of simple and 'ez pm mieallfdfm eapasuch'constructiqnfas to indicatefacenrd'tely 1 and sensitively'thejw igh ofthe 'hbdies qr materri'als applied thereto; with utmost precision in so .fanas practical,evel ydiyweiglk ingrgopemtioneare.concernedL W\i 11 these and will 'ap gams, the descriptim; oceed, the

invention consists in. thes n0ve features 0f arrangements of paft sjhereinafter tnhe more I fnllyidescribedaand pointed out in thee]?- pendedclaims. e r V v 1 In theaccompanyingLdraswmg; V Fgiire 1 i sa sidee1evatin0f asealecon: em-meted in aecordauce with the presentinven- Figure; 2, is a; herizqnmps cti n l View taken the plane indidated'byythe1113272 OLEigureI,

Referring, more parhcularlyjto the draw- 'fdrmed ifi-omba'st. .alliminum sq a to, b rgl I p resent an"atttfast ivenappeamaeev The fcens truc tion, combinations of elements ,and

- r Figure 41 atrimssvefiSe 5 view onthe plane indi' eahedgshyfi-the Base adapted t o rrest s li ghtly upon e 'ceu nlteii show case 01 other suppqr't' and in this instance isformedito provide an integrel'hmisf h1g2 at oneend thereof.

Arising from thehous ing are transversely,

spiced 'integi'aljvsts 3, which,areirecessed as at L fer the receptien ofthe ends wofa'tors mn" strip- 5. The en'd of this cripgm securely v clanlped againsthlovelnentuwitliin there 10 "Amongfthe objects" o'fi'the inve ti are The .'provision ofgegtqrsilqnal sup ert; upon cesses {by the proyieienpf'flilecks oriv tjh'eii" The weighihgheam 8bf thka scaleineludes a substantially reetangul lr. portidn 9, whih'f is arra -hged". in'nnediately ov'erL the; heusingpQI forme'dftoe comprise apai i' O-fSPaCBQI GI'IIE LIgQa nj'efit's v 1:0, which are l eees s edflas at ll fmgthe' receptionLoffthhirsibn 'shrip 5,. andhleekS 12 are arranged to be 'fittedwithin the recesses,

l lfandli'eld hymeans of screws maso as t6 securely clamp the 'bflfln eon ect-ion with thetoi'slon stripso t ha tt he. bemn will be lnova blyer rpivotally supported by, said stri 'IThe enlargements'lflhave th uppen and lb we1-;.edges thereof rounded r as. indicated at 14andfare confined between upright Webs 15,

,fbrme d" in conneet ienj with the .base: and 181 1111121 1 web's" prov lded; upon :the f lower g s ul' faces of a transversely extendmgberk 16,.the

end, of the: lattenbeing secured as; 21617! to the edge portions 140ithe-enlargenmhts 1.0 are Y slightly sp aeed from the com plemental surfaces oftheeiveb 15, in order.that-vsaid-wehs "will not" frietionallyveilgage Wifih theen-Large ments d unng normal'operaitiemonvthe-part whieh itwarm designed t0 absorb. z

V posts-3, IbwiIl b'eloliserved th abt-he rounded f e gzige with hardenedsteel .hlcks p'i gvided with a 'pempvabler pan: y 0 platter: l The leewer ehd of the weight- 1feceive1-- termihetes located in alignment with the torsion strip 5.'

This construction providesthe necessary par- I allelogram' weighing figure.

a The beam 8 on the opposite side of the"- ina stem 22 which passes through an openmg in the top of the hous1ng'2 and has its lower end pivotally connected with a check rod 23, the oppositeeuds ofsaid check rod being pivotally connected with asupport 24 depending from the top of the housing and torsion st'rip,as regards the rectangular por- "tion' 9, is formed to comprise ahorizontally extending bar 12 5, whichhas its innerend securely positioned and held within" slot:

provided in the rectangular portion 9. The bar 25 is provided 'withsuitable weight graduations 26, indicating ounces and pounds. Slidably mounted onthe bar 25 is an ad justable poise or weight 27, which is manuuallyr set, as usual, to balance the applied weight placed within the pan or; platter 21. The outer end ofthe bar 25 terminates within a slot provided in a weightindicator 28,

which is vertically positioned upon'onelend .of the base 1. This indicator is provided with a graduated surface 29 for indicating under and over weights, and the bar 25 terminates,

adjacent to the surface 29, in an indicator or pointer 30, whereby in the operation I of the scale a clear andsensitive indication is to be had so as to enable'the operator of the scale to determinedefinitely andaccurately when the beam is in a true state of balance for any given weightadjustment. The length of the bar 25 permits the indicator end thereof to travelsubstantially one inch: to every ounce of applied weight, so' that the operator will have little or no difficulty in determining' proper Weight balances. The'opposite ends ofthe beam may be provided with the usual dash pot construction 31, for stabilizing the oscillation of the beam in response to.

applied weights. I

In 'view'of the foregoing it will be seen that the present invention provides a simp'lo, eflicient and economical Weighing scale capable of indicatingwith greatest accuracy theapplied weight of any given operation and, moreover, a scale'ls provided which need not occupy a true horizontal plane to maintain its accuracy, vsince'by the provision of the even balanced beam a true horizontal level isnot needed." Agaim'thescale is ren dered extremely sensitive by employing the torsion strip, as the main support "for the movable beam, eliminating thereby the friction and error which is usually present in r the knife ed e'type of construction. Then,

the scale' 'inc udesabeam so constructed as to prevent the application of abnormal" stresses and strains to the torsion supportmg strip, thereby retaining the sensitiveness of'the latter but atthe same time producinga type of scalewhich is not apt to become out of order or require'repai'r. By

combiningfthe indicator with the beam the construction of the scale is simplified mechanically and the use of extra movable parts has been avoided.

While I have described invention in detail, it willIbe understood thatimany variations Will appear to one skilled in the art withinthe scope ofmy invention and within the scopeof the subjoined claims.

15 VVhat-is claimed is:

1. In a sca-le,a base, a transversely extendingtorsionstripsecured at its ends to said a base, a beam having its intermediate portion secured to Saidstrip between the ends of the. latter, a weight'receiver on one end of said beam,ian adjustableweight onthe other end of said beam, and stationary stop means car ried by said base and disposed adjacent to said strip, said stop means being normally out of engagement with said beam but ca- 7 pable of'engagin'g' therewith to relieve stress and strain on said torsion strip upon the'ap-' pli'cati'on of abnormalforces to said beam.

{2. Infa'scale, an evenbalan'ced beam, a base, a transversely extending torsion strip secured at its ends to said base, said strip having the intermediate portion thereof con nected with said beam to sustain the weight of the latter, and means operableupon the application of an abnormal load to said beam to transfer partially the wei ht of the latter 'to, said base in orderto relieve said strip of such" abnormal loads. v

In a scale, a base, a transversely extend ing torsion striphaving the: opposite endsv thereofsecured to said base, a .weighingbea'm secured'to saidstripbetween the ends thereof, said strip serving to movably support.

saidbeam, a weight receiver carriedby said beam on 'one side' of said strip, an adjustable weight 'carried'by said beam on the other side of said strip, and" means normally'out of secured to said strip at positions between the I i ends ofthe latter, and stop means carried by said base and normally slightly spaced from said head, the spacing between said head and stop meansbeing such that when abnormal :loads areapplied to'said beam said head will engage with said stop means to relieve the torsionlstrip of abnormalv stress and strains.

-5. In a scale, abase, a supporting frame arising from said base, a transversely extending torsion strip having the opposite ends thereof "secured rigidly to said frame, an

said webs being" suchth'at'when the scale is subjected to abnormal forces said webs "10 vand heads will be brought into direct engagement to" relieve the torsion strip from deleteriousstrains. x e

" fln testimonywhereo f I afiix signature.

WALTER SJSM THJ 

